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Dive (Saint Victor Boyz Series Book 2)

by Virgo Girl

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"I’m a huge fan of the childhood friend to lovers trope and so far I’m enjoying the familiarity and silly banter between Tiko and Troy!" — Jul 23, 2022 01:02PM

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By the Book (Meant to Be, #2)

by Jasmine Guillory (Goodreads Author)

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"Started this last night and couldn’t put it down. I hadn’t read online reviews about it so it was a lovely surprise to realize while reading it’s inspired by my favorite Disney cartoon 😍" — Jul 16, 2022 11:40PM

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Black Sunday

by Tola Rotimi Abraham

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
― William Faulkner

tags: advocacy, dissent, protest, truth, truth-telling

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“Writers are professional eavesdroppers.”
― Tolulope Popoola

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“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

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This group is for people to post and talk about Black women or African American women in romance books in any genre. I know that I love to read roman ...more